Overfeed-regulator for rolling-mills



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OVERFE'ED REGULATOR FOR ROLLING MILLS.

Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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OVERFEED REGULATOR FOR ROLLING MILLS. No. 331,516.

Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

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TATES Nrrn WILLIAM W. MOOALLIP,

or CLEVELAND, orno.

EPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,516, dated December1, 1885.

Application filed February 7, 1885. Serial No.155,195. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NVILLIAM W. MOCAL- LIP, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, county of Ouyahoga, and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Rolling-Mills; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a description of the same, and ofthe manner of constructing and using the invention, in such full, clear,concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art towhich it appertains to construct and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, theprinciple of the invention being herein explained, and the best mode inwhich I have contemplated applying that principle,so as to distinguishit from other inventions.

The object of my invention is to provide certain improved means forautomatically keeping from tangling the loop of working metal whichforms between two stands of rolls, and is technically known as overfeed.

In the drawings I have represented my in vention by a plan in Figure 1,a vertical longitudinal section in Fig. 2, and by a verticalcross-section in Fig. 3, taken on line a or of the first figure.

The metal is herein represented as being conducted from stand of rolls Ato stand of rolls B by the intermediate repeater, 0. Adjacent to theoverfeed side of the latter is 10- eated the overfeed-regulator D, ofwidth substantially that of the repeater. The floor a of the regulatoris provided with a series of transverse caps, b arranged in consecutiveorder therein. This regulator-floor horizontally inclines from therepeater downwardly and rearwardly,while the caps are themselveshorizontal. This permits the loop of working metal to pass freely overthe caps in movement rearward from the rolls, then to drop behind thesamein successive order, and by its own gravity to be automaticallyprevented from again getting on or over a cap that is once passed. Therear portion of each cap extends beyond its rear support, 0, therebyforming a recess, d, along its back. The regulator has two side flanges,f, extending upwardly from the floor thereof, and each cap is of lengthsufficiently less than the width of the regulator to form achannel-guide, 9, between each side thereof and the corresponding sideflange of the regulator. A recess, h, is formed in each side of the cap,extending from the front of the latter inwardly on an oblique line tothe rear thereof,where said side recesses unite with the rear recess,(1. As the overfeed passes out from the repeater, it passes laterallyover the first cap, and, falling behind the same down onto the floor ofthe regulator, it is automatically locked by the roofs of said side andrear recesses against all-tendency to pass up again on the said cap. Thetwo sides of the metal loop fit, respectively, in the two correspond ingchannel-guides, g, and are conducted longitudinally along the same,while the curve of the loop slides along the regulator-floor in rear ofthe said cap. The two sides of the latter thus constitute guards toprevent the sides of the loop from bending inwardly toward each other,as is their predominant tendency. The flanged sides of the regulatorserve as side guards to prevent any outward bending of the loop, andthus tlielatter is maintained straight and has movement along the lengthof the regulator free from tangling. At a suitable distance from thefirst cap, as may be determined in any given case, the loop passes overthe second cap with like effect as in the first instance, and so onthroughout the series of caps, according to the length of the loop. Thefloor of the regulator is provided with a series of holes, in, by whichbolts a may adjust the caps thereon at any desired relative distance.Slotted standard-sections p permit of bolts clamping them together, soas to maintain the regulator at any desired elevation and inclination.

The foregoing description has reference to the form of mechanism shownin the drawings, and various modifications of the same might besuggested. I will, however, only mention that the regulator may be ofany desired width greater or less than the repeater; also, that theregulator may be upwardly inclined from the repeater, or horizontal, asde sired. I will also add that the caps, serve as posts, about which theloop is drawn after its rear end has passed through stand A. Thissliding movement of the loop along the floor, after passing around thecap, brings the metal into line with stand B, and hence presents astraight rear end for entering said stand.

In the drawings I represent each cap as a continuous projectionextending across the floor of the regulator. If desired, however, itneed not be thus formed, but may be broken or disconnected into two ormore parts.

Other forms of embodying and using the principle of my invention may beemployed in substitution for the specific form herein shown. It willtherefore be understood that omissions, substitutions, and changes maybe made as regards the forms and parts herein set forth, provided theprinciples of construction embraced in the following claims are retainedand employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as myinvention 1. An overfeed-regulator provided with one or more caps formedin elevation from the floor and adapted to permit the overfeed to passover and be caught behind the same, substantially as set forth.

2. An overfeed-regulator provided with one or more caps formed inelevation on its floor and adapted to permit the overfeed to pass overand be caught behind the same, said regulator having side guards formingchannels between them and said caps,in which the sides of the metal loopfit, substantially as set forth.

3. An overfeed-regulator having a plurality of caps respectively formedin inclined elevation to its floor, and located in consecutive orderalong the length of the latter, substantially as set forth.

4. In an overfeed-regulator, a cap formed in elevation on its floor andprovided with a side recess which increases in depth from the front tothe rear of said cap, substantially as set forth.

5. An overfeed regulator having its floor provided with one or moretransverse caps projecting in elevation therefrom, substantially as setforth.

6. An overfeed-regulator having its floor provided with one or moretransverse caps, the two sides of each cap constituting guards whichprevent the sides of theloop of working metal from bending inwardly,substantially as set forth.

7 An overfeed regulator having its floor provided with one or more capsformed in elevation thereon adapted to prevent the sides of the metalloop from bending inwardly, said regulator also provided withlongitudinal guards along the sides, extending from the floor upwardly,adapted to prevent the metal from bending outwardly, substantially asset forth.

8. An 'overfeed-regulator having longitudinal side guards, and providedwith one or more transverse caps forming guide-channels between them andsaid guards, substantially as set forth. I

9. The combination, with a repeater, of an overfeedregulator havingwidth substantially same as the repeater, and provided with one or morecaps located transversely on its fl'oor, substantially as set forth.

10. An overfeed-regulator provided with a cap,and adjusting means forlocating the latter at different points of the length of its floor,substantially as set forth.

11. An overfeed -regulator provided with means for maintaining the loopof working metal straight, and adjusting means for looking the floor ofsaid regulator at different elevations, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing to be my invention I havehereunto set my hand this 3d day of February, A. D. 1885.

\VILLIAM IV. MOOALLIP.

\Vitnesses: I

J. G. HALL, Jr., THOS. B. HALL.

